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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot''

--> '''Marcus:''' Can you believe some kids trick-or-treat at random?

--->'''Spencer''': Never forget to buy candy on Halloween...

** The interactive Halloween cartoon [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/halloween2001.html The House That Gave Sucky Treats]] is a game where you hand out candy, and some of the treats are traditional "unpopular" treats or otherwise unsuitable.

** At one point in another Halloween cartoon, [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/ween03.html 3 Times Halloween Funjob]], Bubs and Coach Z arrive at this very same house (Bubs [[LampshadeHanging says]], "Oh, I remember this house from a couple of years ago."), and again, you hand out candies, which once again may or may not be unsuitable treats. In the case of Bubs and Coach Z, one of the treats you can give them is a "Delicious" bag, which a treat dating back to the Old-Timey era. This causes Coach Z to exclaim, "What is that? One of them old school candies?" and then does an old-school rap.

* [[http://www.joesparks.com/radiskull/episodes/e02/radiskull_episode_02.html Hella Weenie]], the second episode of [[http://www.joesparks.com/radiskull/index.html Radiskull & Devil Doll]]. A neighbour who looks like a cross between Ned Flanders and Music/WeirdAlYankovic has a bowl with supersized chocolate bars. When a kid comes to his house, the man reaches into the bowl and pulls out a hidden tangerine, to the kid's disappointment.

* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd shows an old video of himself trick-or-treating as ComicStrip/DickTracy, and mentions that he got a rock at the time (so he was not going to dress up like that for the review). Since the video is a real childhood home movie of Creator/JamesRolfe, this is also in TruthInTelevision.
** In the episode "Halloween" he attempts to shoo two trick-or-treaters that appear at his door by defecating in one of their bags and trying to tell him it's chocolate followed by giving the other one a copy of ''VideoGame/{{Halloween|Atari2600}}'' and an Atari 2600 when they tell him they don't know what Atari is.
* The original line was parodied in an early ''[[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC I'm A Marvel... And I'm A DC]]'' episode. ComicBook/SpiderMan gets three supervillains to fight; ComicBook/{{Superman}} gets [[KryptoniteFactor a rock]].

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' Halloween special; Sgt. Vatred gives out jumbo-sized candy bars...but only if the trick-or-treaters can make it to the front door. The Venture compound's security system is ''left on'', making it a literal DeathCourse.

* Some people give away comic books, and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools reportedly kids have usually reacted really well to this change of pace]].
** In particularly religious households, especially in America, Halloween is seen as a pagan holiday; and they will distribute religious comics instead of candy. Several ComicBook/ChickTracts are specifically intended to be handed out to trick-or-treaters, usually (rather ironically) the ones arguing that Halloween is an evil pagan holiday. In the tracts themselves (see "[[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1065/1065_01.asp Stinky]]" for example), some characters are positively portrayed [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall giving out tracts as treats]]. Somewhat {{averted|Trope}} when the children in the tracts appear quite excited to receive them, and in real life, to his credit, Chick does recommend including a bag of candy along with the tracts.

* In recent years, savory snacks have been showing up on store shelves, particularly chips and pretzels. They seem to go over well.
** Same with non-edible treats like novelty toys, pencils, erasers and glow sticks, which are mostly handed out to children with food allergies or, in some cases, given to kids who are diabetic.

** In one of the Halloween specials, Marge tries to serve fruit to the children. They boo her. When she reminds them "Fruit is nature's candy!", they boo her even more.

* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': Unable to buy Halloween candy because of being preoccupied with an extra large pumpkin, Spencer gives out random items to children that come by the apartment, including a 6-pack of diet root beer, a carton of eggs, jumper cables, a tray of ice cubes, and re-sealable soup packets. Naturally, it comes back in the end to bite him.

* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': Unable to buy Halloween candy because of being preoccupied with an extra large pumpkin, Spencer gives out random items to children that come by the apartment, including a carton of eggs, jumper cables, and re-sealable soup packets. Naturally, it comes back in the end to bite him.

[[caption-width-right:296:"I don't understand it. I went trick-or-treating and all I got was a bag full of rocks."]]

** In the episode "Halloween" he attempts to shoo two trick-or-treaters that appear at his door by defecating in one of their bags and trying to tell him it's chocolate followed by giving the other one a copy of ''[[VideoGame/Halloween2600 Halloween]]'' and an Atari 2600 when they tell him they don't know what Atari is.

*** One short story "Pumpkin Juice" has the protagonist go to house and sees that the boy at the front door is handing out lollipops. Because he's become monstrous from drinking the pumpkin juice, he is enraged and decides to shove the boy aside to go into the house and eat ''raw eggs'' instead.

* The original line was parodied in an early ''[[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC I'm A Marvel... And I'm A DC]]'' episode. Franchise/SpiderMan gets three supervillains to fight; {{Franchise/Superman}} gets [[KryptoniteFactor a rock]].